Senators Bernie Sanders and David Vitter squared off Wednesday night on CNN’s Crossfire, with Sanders attacking Vitter over Louisiana’s decision to not accept the Medicaid expansion. What do you think? Do you think all states should accept Medicaid expansion?
Ezra Klein and Brad Woodhouse talk with Martin Bashir about how Republicans’ attacks on Obamacare gloss over their own, similar website problems during the Medicare roll-out. Various wingnut circles want to extract several pounds of flesh from the White House for the numerous glitches in the online health care exchange; but as the panel discusses, […]
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) lashes out against his Republican colleagues at the House Obamacare hearing. Palone spoke out against Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) after he accused a witness of a violation of the law during the contentious House hearing over the Obamacare website Thursday. PALLONE: I started out in my opening statement saying there was […]
The Affordable Care Act – also known as Obamacare – means better coverage for those who already have health insurance, and more options for those who don’t, including a new way to shop for affordable, high-quality coverage. Starting October 1st, you can go to http://www.healthcare.gov and use the new Health Insurance Marketplace to see all […]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) called Andrea Mitchell from the Senate floor to talk about the possibility of a government shutdown and the factors that are preventing a compromise between lawmakers. When asked by Mitchell why the Senate did not vote on cloture last night, Mikulski said: “The reason Ted Cruz stood up and asked for […]